Visions of the Apocalypse

Bruce Chilton is Bernard Iddings Bell Professor of Religion at Bard College in Annandale, New York. He is the author or editor of several volumes, including The Targums: A Critical Introduction and In Quest of the Historical Pharisees.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 A Thousand Years of Joy2 Transcendent Power3 Oracle of Redemption4 War with the Antichrist5 The Progress of the Saints6 Hell on Earth7 Visions in Patmos, and BeyondNotes

"Bruce Chilton provides us with a creative and coherent narrative of how and why various textual approaches to interpreting Revelation emerged--and have remained with us, often in updated cultural garb. While other specialists in reception history may quarrel with this or that interpretation, scholars and students alike will greatly benefit from his thoroughly researched and insightful work." -- Michael J Gorman, Raymond E Brown Professor of Biblical Studies & Theology, St Mary's Seminary & University